JTC News
2012 Shawn Parr Invitational Golf Tournament Photos
Posted on May 10 2012, 11:54:05 AM | Posted by jtcweb
International 2012 Summer Session Application process is closed
Posted on April 10 2012, 1:42:12 PM | Posted by jtcweb
The application process for JTC’s 2012 International Summer Sessions is now closed. There are waiting lists for both the Spanish (June 24-July 6) and English sessions (July 8-27).
Check the website in January to see dates and directions for the 2013 Summer Sessions. To learn more about what is offered in Summer Sessions go here.
Save the Date: Desert Friends of JTC’s “Tuesday with Tracy”
Posted on March 06 2012, 5:41:35 PM | Posted by jtcweb
The Desert Friends of John Tracy Clinic present
“TUESDAY with TRACY”
April 3, 2012 at 5 pm
FOOD - FILM - FUN
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The River
5 p.m. dinner
at Acqua Pazza Bistro
71-800 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA 92264
followed by film t.b.a.
$100
rsvp by March 15, 2012
Parent Education Classes Expand Across the Border
Posted on February 09 2012, 6:46:30 PM | Posted by jtcweb
Harnessing the power of technology, JTC is piloting an expansion of our weekly Parent Education classes. Videoconference technology allows JTC to create face-to-face parent classes for families living outside of Los Angeles. First introduced in 2010-2011 with a cohort in Las Vegas, Nevada, two new series were introduced in early 2012 for families living in Calexico, California and the city of Mexicali, in Baja Mexico. Both series are offered in Spanish and are designed for parents of very young children newly diagnosed with hearing loss. JTC believes that parents are the most important educators of their deaf or hard-of-hearing child. Parent education is critical to the successful development of a young child with hearing loss – as parents gain knowledge and information, they are better able to assist their deaf child in learning to communicate in a hearing and speaking world. JTC’s classes and support groups give parents and other family members the knowledge and emotional skills to foster their child’s progress as well as cope with their own anxiety, grief and stress.
iPads Donated to JTC Preschool
Posted on February 09 2012, 6:43:58 PM | Posted by jtcweb
Thanks to a grant from an anonymous foundation, John Tracy Clinic is adding iPads to our stocks of pencils and paint in an effort to put the best and newest technology in our preschool classrooms. Says Jill Muhs, vice president of programs, “This is another learning tool that will help develop our preschoolers’ kindergarten readiness. iPads are proving to be remarkable teaching tools that may have the power to change these children’s future.”